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ANNUAL  ADDRESS 


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BISHOP  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA 


CONVENTION   OF  THE  DIOCESE. 


1895 


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ADDRESS  OF  THE  BISHOP. 


Brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity : 

I  bid  you  all  a  most  hearty  welcome  to  our  annual  gath- 
ering, and  I  most  devoutly  pray  that  God  may  be  with  us 
in  this,  as  in  all  things,  and  that  He  may  teach  us  that  the 
Kingdom  of  Heaven  is  not  meat  and  drink,  but  love  and 
peace  and  joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost.  We  come  not  together 
for  mere  business  and  routine,  but  to  look  one  another  in 
the  face,  to  refresh  our  spirits  by  mutual  conference,  and 
to  gather  strength  and  wisdom,  by  our  communion  in  the 
love  of  God  and  of  our  brethren,  for  the  work  laid  upon  us 
for  God  and  for  God's  world. 

Thirty-one  years  ago  our  Diocesan  Council,  driven  to  the 
refuge  of  the  mountains  by  the  first  blasts  of  war,  met  in  the 
little  framed  church  which  once  occupied  this  spot.  To-day 
in  peace  and  love  we  gather  in  this  more  spacious  and 
seemly  edifice,  and  we  thank  God  that  with  all  loss  and 
change  He  mingles  the  blessedness  of  growth  in  power  and 
in  knowledge. 

SUMMARY    OF    EPISCOPAL    VISITATIONS,    SERVICES,    ETC.,    FOR 
THE    YEAR    ENDING    APRIL   30,  1895. 

1.  Ansonville — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed  one  person. 

2.  Asheville,  Trinity   Church — Four  services;   preached  twice;   con- 

firmed seven  persons. 

3.  Asheville,  St.  Matthias's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed twelve  persons. 

4.  Bowman's  Bluff,  Gethsemane  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

5.  Brevard,  St.  Philip's  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

6.  Bryson  City,  St.  Stephen's  Church — Two  services;  preached  once: 

baptized  an  infant. 

7.  Burlington,  St.  Athanasius's  Church — Twoservices;  preached  twice; 

confirmed  two  persons. 

8.  Candler's,  St.  Clement's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  bap- 

tized and  confirmed  an  adult. 

9.  Cashier's  Valley,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd — Twoservices;  preached 

twice;  confirmed  eight  persons;  consecrated  the  church. 


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10.  Chapel  Hill,  Chapel  of  the  Cross — Three  services;  preached  three 

times;  confirmed  twelve  persons. 

11.  Charlotte,  St.  Peter's  Church — Nine  services;  preached  five  times; 

confirmed  fifteen  persons;  one  funeral. 

12.  Charlotte,  St.  Michael's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed eleven  persons. 

13.  Chunn'sCove — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed  four  persons. 

14.  Concord,  All  Saints'  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed three  persons. 

15.  Cullowhee,  St.  David's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed one  person. 

16.  Cunningham's — One  service;  preached  once;  baptized  and  confirmed 

an  adult. 

17.  Durham,  St.  Philip's  Church — Two  services;  preached  twice;  con- 

firmed two  persons;  baptized  an  infant. 

18.  Enfield,  Church  of  the  Advent — One  service;  preached  once. 

19.  Flat  Rock,  St.  John's  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

20.  Franklin,  St.  Agnes's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  baptized 

an  infant. 

21.  Franklin,  St.  Cyprian's  Chapel — One  service;  preached  once. 

22.  Gaston,  St.  Luke's  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

23.  Germanton,  St.  Philip's  Church — Three  services;  preached  once;  bap- 

tized and  confirmed  an  adult. 

24.  Goshen,  St.  Paul's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  baptized 

and  confirmed  an  adult. 

25.  Grace,  Beaver  Dam  Mission — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

three  persons. 

26.  Grace,  St.  Titus's  Chapel — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

one  person. 

27.  Greensboro,  St.  Barnabas's  Church — Two  services;  preached  twice; 

confirmed  eight  persons. 

28.  Greensboro,  St.  Andrew's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed fourteen  persons. 

29.  Halifax,  St.  Mark's  Church— One  service;  preached  once. 

30.  Haw  Creek,  Trinity  Chapel — One  service;  preached  once. 

31.  Henderson,  Church  of  the  Holy  Innocents — Two  services;  preached 

once. 

32.  Henderson  County,   Calvary  Church — Three  services;   preached 

twice,  confirmed  fourteen  persons. 

33.  Henderson  County,  St.  Paul's  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

34.  Hendersonville,  St.  James's  Church— One  service;   preached  once; 

confirmed  four  persons. 

35.  Hickory,  Church  of  the  Ascension — One  service;  preached  once. 

36.  Rutherford  College — One  service;  preached  once. 

37.  High  Point,  St.  Mary's  <  hurch— Two  services;  preached  twice;  bap- 

tized and  confirmed  an  adult. 

38.  High  Shoals,  St.  John's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed three  persons. 


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39.  Hillsboro,  St.  Matthew's  Church — Four  services;  preached  three 

times;  one  funeral. 

40.  Iredell  County,  St.  James's  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

41.  Jackson,  Church  ok  Our  Saviour — Two  services;   preached  once; 

baptized  an  infant. 

42.  Kittrell,  St.  James's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

three  persons. 

43.  Leaksville,  Church  of  the  Epiphany — Two  services;  preached  twice; 

confirmed  four  persons. 

44.  Lenoir,  St.  James's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

three  persons. 

45.  Lexington,  Church  of  the  Redeemer — One  service;  preached  once. 

46.  Lincolnton,  St.  Luke's  CnuRcn — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed one  person. 

47.  Lincolnton,  St.  Cyprian's  Chapel — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed seven  persons. 

48.  Lincoln  County,  Church  of  Our  Saviour — One  service;  preached 

once. 

49.  Lincoln  County,  St.   Paul's  Church — One  service;  preached  once; 

confirmed  five  persons. 

50.  Lincoln  County,  St.  Stephen's  Chapel— One  service;  preached  once; 

confirmed  three  persons. 

51.  Lincoln  and  Gaston  Mission,  Dallas — Three  services;  preached  once; 

confirmed  three  persons. 

52.  Lincoln  and  Gaston  Mission,  Gastonia — One  service;  preached  once. 

53.  Littleton,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd — Three  services;  preached 

twice;  baptized  and  confirmed  an  adult. 

54.  Louisburg,  St.  Paul's  Church — Two  services;  preached  twice. 

55.  Louisburg,  St.  Matthias's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed five  persons. 

56.  Macon  County,  Highlands,  Mission  of  the  Incarnation — One  service; 

preached  once;  confirmed  six  persons. 

57.  Madison,  St.  John's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

three  persons. 

58.  Marion,  St.  John's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

six  persons. 

59.  Mecklenburg  County,  St.  Mark's  Church — Two  services;  preached 

once. 

60.  Micadale,  St.  Mary's  Chapel — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

one  person. 

61.  Middleburg,  Church  of  the  Heavenly  Rest — Oneservice;  preached  once: 

confirmed  two  persons. 

62.  Milton,  Christ  Church — Two  services;   preached  twice;  confirmed 

five  persons. 

63.  Monroe,  St.  Paul's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

two  persons. 

64.  Morganton,    Grace  Church — Two  services;   preached  twice;   con- 

firmed seven  persons. 

65.  Morganton,  St.  Stephen's  Church — One  service;  preached  once:  con- 

firmed four  persons. 


66.  Mount  Airy — Two  services;  preached  twice. 

67.  Nonah,  St.  John's  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

68.  Old  Fort,  St.  Gabriel's  Church — Two  services;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed four  persons. 

69.  Oxford,  St.  Stephen's  Church— Two  services;  preached  once. 

70.  Pittsboro,   St.    Bartholomew's   Church — Two  services;    preached 

twice. 

Pittsboro,  St.  James's  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

71.  Raleigh,  Christ  Church— Four  services;  preached  four  times;  con- 

firmed thirty-five  persons;  one  funeral. 

72.  Raleigh,  Church   of  the  Good  Shepherd — Twenty-one  services; 

preached  eight  times;  confirmed  thirty-nine  persons;  one  funeral; 
one  marriage. 

73.  Raleigh,  St.  Mary's  School  Chapel — One  service;  confirmed  ten  per- 

sons. 

74.  Raleigh,  St.  Augustine's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed twenty  persons. 

75.  Raleigh,  St.  Saviour's  Chapel — Two  services;  preached  twice;  con- 

firmed six  persons. 

76.  Reidsville,  St.  Thomas's  Church — Two  services;  preached  twice. 

77.  Ridgeway,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd — One  service;  preached 

once. 

78.  Ringwood,  St.  Clement's  Church — Two  services;  preached  twice; 

confirmed  one  person. 

79.  Rockingham — One  service;  preached  once. 

80.  Rockwood,  Church  of  the  Redeemer — One  service;  preached  once. 

81.  Laurinburg — One  service;  preached  once. 

82.  Laurel  Hill  (Morgan's  Factory)  — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed one  person. 

83.  Rockwood,  Church  of  the  Redeemer — One  service;  preached  once. 

84.  Rocky  Mount,    Church  of    the  Good   Shepherd  —  One   service; 

preached  once;  confirmed  one  person. 

85.  Rutherford  ton,  St.  John's  Church — One  service;   preached  once; 

confirmed  three  persons. 

86.  Rowan  County,  Christ  Church— One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed three  persons. 

87.  Rowan  County,  St.  Andrew's  Church — One  service;  preached  once; 

confirmed  one  person. 

88.  Rowan  county,  St.  Jude's  Church— One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed one  person. 

89.  Rowan  County,  St.  Mary's  Church — One  service;  preached  once; 

confirmed  one  person. 

90.  Rowan  County— St.  Matthew's  Church — One  service;  preached  once; 

confirmed  three  persons. 

91.  Salisbury,  St.  Luke's  Church — Two  services;  preached  twice;  con- 

firmed nine  persons;  baptized  an  adult. 

92.  Salisbury,  St.  John's  Chapel— One  service;  confirmed  sixteen  persons. 

93.  Salisbury,  St.  Paul's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

four  persons. 


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94.  Southern  Pines — One  service;  preached  once. 

95.  Pine  Bluff— One  service;  preached  once;  baptized  an  infant. 

96.  Saluda,  Church  of  the  Transfiguration — One  service;  preached  once; 

confirmed  one  person. 

97.  Sanford — One  service;  preached  once. 

98.  Scotland  Neck,  Trinity  Church — Two  services;  preached  twice;  con- 

firmed two  persons. 

99.  Shelby,  Church  of  the  Redeemer — One  service;  preached  once. 

100.  Statesville,  Trinity  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

101.  Stovall,  St.  Peter's  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

102.  Sylva — One  service;  preached  once. 

103.  Tillery,  Church  of  the  Holy  Innocents — One  service;  pi-eached  once; 

laid  corner-stone. 

104.  Tarboro,    Calvary   Church — Five  services;   preached    twice;    one 

marriage. 

105.  Tarboro,  St.  Luke's  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

106.  Lawrence,  Grace  Memorial  Chapel — Two  services;  preached  once; 

laid  corner-stone. 

107.  Tryon,  Chapel  of  the  Cross — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

seven  persons. 

108.  Columbus — One  service;  preached  once. 

109.  Mills  Spring — One  service;  preached  once. 

110.  "Wadesboro,  Calvary  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 

111.  "Walnut  Cove,   Christ  Church  — One  service;  preached  once,  con- 

firmed five  persons;  baptized  an  adult. 

112.  Warrenton,  Emmanuel  Church — Five  services;  preached  four  times; 

confirmed  seven  persons. 

Warrenton,  All  Saints'  Chapel -One  service;  preached  once;  con- 
firmed two  persons. 

113.  Watauga  Mission,  St.  Luke's  Church  (Boone) — One  service;  preached 

once;  confirmed  one  person;  one  marriage. 

114.  Watauga  Mission,  St.  John's  Church — One  service:  preached  once. 

115.  Watauga  Mission,  Blowing  Rock — Two  services;  preached  once;  one 

funeral.    ■ 

116.  Watauga  Mission,  Elk  Park — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

one  person. 

117.  Watauga  Mission,  Elk  Cross  Roads — One  service;  preached  once; 

baptized  an  infant. 

118.  Watauga  Mission,  Jefferson  — One  service;  preached  once. 

llf).  Watauga  Mission,  in  Ashe  County — One  service;  preached  once 

120.  Waynesville,  Grace  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  confirmed 

one  person. 

121.  Weldon,  Grace  Church — Two  services;  preached  twice. 

122.  W7ilkesboro,  St.  Paul's  Church — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed three  persons. 

123.  Wilkes  County,  Gwynn's  Chapel— One  service;  preached  once. 

124.  Elkin — One  service;  preached  once;  baptized  an  infant. 

125.  Williamsboro,  St.  John's  Church — One  service;  preached  once. 


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126.  Wilson,  St.  Timothy's  Church — Two  services;  preached  twice;  con- 

firmed two  persons. 

127.  Wilson,  St.  Mark's  Chapel — One  service;  preached  once. 

128.  Winston,  St.  Paul's  Church — Four  services;  preached  three  times; 

confirmed  twenty-one  persons. 

129.  Yadkin  Valley,  Chapel  of  Rest — One  service;  preached  once;  con- 

firmed one  person. 

Besides  the  above  I  have  officiated,  in  going  and  return- 
ing from  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
University  of  the  South,  and  in  connection  with  my  attend- 
ance upon  the  House  of  Bishops,  and  upon  the  Missionary 
Boards  of  the  Church,  a  number  of  times  beyond  the  limits 
of  the  Diocese.  June  10,  1894,  I  spent  with  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Jeffery,  of  Little  Neck,  Long  Island,  sometime  my  assistant 
in  St.  Peter's  Church,  Charlotte;  Sunday,  July  10th,  at 
Spartanburg,  S.  C,  with  my  friend  the  Rev.  Theodore  D. 
Brattou.  October  11th,  at  the  request  of  Bishop  Paret,  I 
took  part  in  the  opening  services  of  the  Convention  of  the 
Brotherhood  of  St.  Andrew,  in  the  Church  of  the  Epiph- 
any, Washington  City;  and  Sunday,  October  21st,  I  spent 
in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  and  preached  in  Christ  Church, 
South  Middletown.  I  have  not  left  the  Diocese  except 
when  in  my  judgment  my  duty  to  the  best  interests  of  the 
Diocese  demanded  it;  and  I  have  remained  at  home  during 
intervals  between  visitations  which  have  hardly  afforded 
me  leisure  for  the  performance  of  those  duties  connected 
with  the  administration  of  the  office,  quite  as  necessary  as 
the  duty  of  visiting  parishes  and  missions.  I  have  made 
my  stay  in  the  different  parishes  so  very  brief  in  most  cases 
that  I  have  seldom  been  able  to  feel  that  I  fully  understood 
the  situation  of  affairs  in  the  parish  and  in  the  field  about 
it;  and  yet  I  am  pained  to  report  to  you  that  there  are  sev- 
eral points  which  I  have  not  visited  at  all  since  my  conse- 
cration. These  are  mostly  very  small  and  inconsiderable 
chapels  and  missions,  but  I  am  sorry  that  there  should  be 
any  such. 

It  will  be  seen  by  the  foregoing  summary  that  during 
the  year  ending  April  30th  I  have  visited  and  officiated  in 
one  hundred  and  twenty-nine  congregations  or  places,  an 
aggregate  of  two  hundred  and  thirteen  times;  I  have  admin- 
istered the  Holy  Communion  ninety-two  times,  preached 
one  hundred  and  seventy-three  sermons,  made  thirty-six 


addresses,  and  confirmed  four  hundred  and  fifteen  persons, 
within  the  Diocese.  I  have  also  baptized  eight  adults  and 
nine  infants,  officiated  at  live  funerals,  and  married  three 
couples.  Friday,  August  10th,  at  Tillery,  in  Halifax  county, 
I  laid  the  corner-stone  of  the  Chapel  of  the  Holy  Innocents, 
being  assisted  in  the  service  by  the  Rev.  Walter  J.  Smith, 
whose  faithful  endeavors,  aided  by  the  liberality  of  Mrs. 
Frieze,  of  New  York,  and  the  North  Carolina  Lumber  Com- 
pany, of  Tillery,  have  brought  the  work  already  nearly  to 
completion.  The  next  day,  August  11th,  at  Lawrence,  in 
Edgecombe  county,  assisted  by  the  Rev.  Walter  J.  Smith 
and  the  Rev.  Charles  L.  Hoffmann,  I  laid  the  corner-stone 
of  a  chapel  to  be  called  "Grace  Memorial  Chapel,"  built 
by  a  lady  of  Tarborough  in  memory  of  a  very  beautiful 
and  noble  young  Christian  life  taken  from  this  world  to  a 
place  more  meet  for  it.  This  hopeful  mission  at  Lawrence, 
now  supplied  with  a  suitable  house  of  worship,  has  been 
the  work  of  a  few  of  the  faithful  laymen  and  women  of 
Calvary  Church,  Tarboro.  Their  zeal  and  taste  have  so 
adorned  this  most  admirable  structure  that  there  are  few 
chapels  in  the  Diocese  so  pleasing  and  so  well  adapted  for 
the  reverent  performance  of  the  public  services  of  the 
Church. 

September  2d,  the  Fifteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  I  con- 
secrated the  new  church  recently  erected  to  replace  the  one 
destroyed  by  fire,  for  the  Mission  of  the  Good  Shepherd, 
Cashier's  Valley.  The  Petition  for  Consecration  was  read 
by  Mr.  David  T.  Johnson,  and  the  Sentence  of  Consecra- 
tion by  the  Rev.  John  A.  Deal,  missionary  in  charge.  I 
preached  the  sermon.  The  Rev.  Samuel  Rhodes  was  also 
present  assisting  in  the  service,  and  the  Rev.  F.  Cecil  Bay- 
liss,  of  the  Diocese  of  Florida.  The  chapel  had  been  built 
largely  by  means  of  help  rendered  by  various  branches  of 
the  Woman's  Auxiliary  in  this  and  in  other  Dioceses. 

On  the  7th  of  September  I  organized  a  mission  at  High- 
lands, in  Macon  county,  to  be  known  as  the  "Church  of  the 
Incarnation"  and  appointed  the  officers  of  the  same,  as 
provided  in  our  diocesan  canons.  On  the  27th  of  Decem- 
ber, acting  under  the  same  canon,  I  organized  a  mission 
at  Murphy,  in  Cherokee  county,  to  be  known  as  the  "Church 
of  the  Messiah. ," 

There  have  been  the  following  changes  in  our  Clergy-list: 


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We  have  lost: 


The  Rev.  Fenner  S.  Sticknev,  Priest,  transferred  to  Virginia,  August  7, 
1894. 

The  Rev.  John  F.  Milbank,  Priest,  transferred  to  Ohio,  October  23, 
1894. 

The  Rev.  Stewart  McQueen,  Priest,  transferred  to  East  Carolina,  Octo- 
ber 1,  1894. 

The  Rev.  Edward  P.  Green,  Priest,  transferred  to  East  Carolina,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1895. 

The  Rev.  Nathan  A.  Seagle,  Deacon,  transferred  to  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1895. 

We  have  gained: 

The  Rev.  George  V.  Gilreath,  ordained  Deacon,  May  20,  1894. 

The  Rev.  Nathan  A.  Seagle,  ordained  Deacon,  May  20,  1894. 

The  Rev.  James  B.  Avirett,  Priest,  transferred  from  Central  New  York, 
June  11,  1894. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  W.  Wev,  Priest,  transferred  from  Easton,  Septem- 
ber 1,  1894. 

The  Rev.  Milnor  Jones,  Deacon,  transferred  from  Tennessee,  Septem- 
ber 15, 1894. 

The  Rev.  Churchill  Satterlee,  Priest,  transferred  from  Albany,  Septem- 
ber 22,  1894. 

The  Rev.  Louis  H.  Schubert,  Priest,  transferred  from  Albany,  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1895. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Wilson  Moran,  Priest,  transferred  from  Milwaukee, 
March  23,  1895. 

The  Rev.  Martin  L.  Poffenberger,  Priest,  transferred  from  Maryland, 
April  10,  1895. 

Our  present  number,  therefore,  is  seventy-one  Priests  and 
Deacons,  a  gain  of  four  over  last  }^ear. 

Several  whose  names  appear,  however,  are  not  actually 
residents  in  the  Diocese.  The  Rev.  William  S.  Barrows  has 
a  fellowship  in  the  General  Theological  Seminary,  but 
desires  to  retain  his  canonical  connection  with  this  Diocese. 
I  have  thought  that  his  case  comes  within  the  meaning 
of  the  canon  allowing  non-residence  in  the  case  of  officers 
and  professors  in  our  general  Church  institutions.  The 
Rev.  Frederick,  Towers,  the  Rev.  Edward  Benedict  and  the 
Rev.  Alvin  J.  Vauderbogart  have  resigned  their  parishes, 
but  have  not  asked  for  letters  dimissory,  as  they  may  take 
other  work  in  the  Diocese.  The  names  of  the  Rev.  A.  H. 
Boyle  and  the  Rev.  Henry  M.  Joseph  also  appear  on  our 
list,  though  neither  of  them  has  been  in  this  Diocese  for  a 


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Dumber  of  years,  nor  have  they  made  any  report  to  the 
ecclesiastical  authority,  as  required  by  the  canon.  I  am 
required  by  the  canon  to  report  also  that  on  the  twenty- 
seventh  day  of  March  of  this  current  year  I  suspended 
from  the  exercise  of  his  function  for  the  term  of  one  year 
from  that  date  the  Rev.  George  H.  Bell,  Presbyter  of  this 
Diocese. 

Since  the  last  Convention  I  have  advanced  two  Deacons 
to  the  Priesthood:  the  Rev.  John  W.  Barker,  ordained  in 
Trinity  Church,  Asheville,  on  the  Seventeenth  Sunday 
after  Trinity,  September  16,  1894,  and  the  Rev.  James  D. 
Miller  in  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh,  on 
the  Eighteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  September  23d. 

The  fields  of  labor  of  the  Clergy  are  the  same  as  last  year, 
with  the  following  changes  and  modifications: 

The  Rev.  Alfred  H.  Stubbs  has  resigned  the  rectorship  of 
St.  Barnabas's  Church,  Greensboro,  and  has  been  appointed 
Warden  of  Ravenscroft  Associate  Mission  and  Training 
School,  with  general  oversight  of  the  mission  stations  in 
Buncombe  county  and  in  several  neighboring  counties. 

The  Rev.  Charles  C.  Quin  has  resigned  the  rectorship  of 
Calvary  Church,  Wadesboro. 

The  Rev.  Charles  L.  Hoffmann  has  resigned  the  rector- 
ship of  Calvary  Church,  Tarboro,  and  has  become  Rector 
of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Charlotte. 

The  Rev.  William  S.  Barrows  has  resigned  his  work  in 
connection  with  the  Ravenscroft  Associate  Missions  and 
Training  School,  and  is  at  present  absent  from  the  Diocese, 
as  was  mentioned  above. 

The  Rev.  Charles  J.  Wingate,  in  addition  to  his  parish 
of  St.  Timothy's,  Wilson,  has  accepted  the  rectorship  of  St. 
Clement's  Church,  Ringwood,  and  gives  one  Sunday  each 
month  to  this  latter  parish. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Towers  has  resigned  the  rectorship 
of  the  Chapel  of  the  Cross,  Chapel  Hill. 

The  Rev.  Fenner  S.  Stickney  has  resigned  the  rectorship 
of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Charlotte,  and  has  been  transferred 
to  the  Diocese  of  Virginia. 

The  Rev.  John  W.  Barker  has  resigned  his  work  as  mis- 
sionary in  Macon  and  Swain  counties  and  has  become  rec- 
tor of  St.  Thomas's  Church,  Reidsville,  and  of  the  Church 
of  the  Epiphany,  Leaksville. 
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The  Rev.  Edward  Benedict  has  resigned  the  rectorship  of 
St.  Stephen's  Church,  Oxford. 

The  Rev.  Stewart  McQueen  has  resigned  the  rectorship 
of  St.  Philip's  Church,  Durham,  and  has  been  transferred 
to  the  Diocese  of  East  Carolina. 

The  Rev.  EdwTard  P.  Green  has  resigned  the  rectorship 
of  Grace  Church,  Morganton,  and  has  been  transferred  to 
the  Diocese  of  East  Carolina. 

The  Rev.  Alvin  J.  Vanderbogart  has  resigned  the  rector- 
ship of  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Rocky  Mount. 

The  Rev.  Gaston  Battle,  Deacon,  in  addition  to  the  mis- 
sion of  St.  John's,  Battleboro,  is  also  serving  in  the  Church 
of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Rocky  Mount. 

The  Rev.  Hardy  H.  Phelps,  rector  of  Calvary  Church, 
Henderson  county,  has  at  my  request  assumed  charge  of 
St.  James's  Church,  Hendersonville,  and  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Henderson  county,  with  a  Deacon  under  him  officiating  in 
those  churches. 

The  Rev.  John  F.  Milbank  has  resigned  the  rectorship 
of  Emmanuel  Church,  Warrenton,  and  has  been  transferred 
to  the  Diocese  of  Ohio. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  A.  Fetter,  Deacon,  in  addition  to 
High  Point  and  Lexington,  has  also  been  serving  the  mis- 
sion at  Germanton. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Wetmore,  Deacon,  has  been  removed 
from  Lincoln  and  Gaston  missions  and  has  been  assigned 
missionarv  work  in  Henderson  county  under  the  Rev. 
Hardy  H.'  Phelps. 

The  Rev.  George  V.  Gilreath,  Deacon,  has  been  serving 
St.  Saviour's  Chapel,  of  Christ  Church  parish,  Raleigh,  and 
also  as  assistant  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Marshall. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  W.  Wey,  Associate  Priest  of  Raven- 
scroft  Mission,  has  been  in  charge  of  the  work  in  Haywood, 
Jackson,  Swain  and  Cherokee  counties. 

The  Rev.  Milnor  Jones,  Deacon,  is  missionary  in  Watauga, 
Ashe  and  Mitchell  counties. 

The  Rev.  Churchill  Satterlee  has  become  rector  of  Grace 
Church,  Morganton. 

The  Rev.  Louis  H.  Schubert  has  become  rector  of  the 
Chapel  of  the  Cross,  Chapel  Hill. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Wilson  Moran  has  become  rector  of 
Emmanuel  Church,  Warrenton. 


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The  Rev.  Martin  L.  Poffenberger  has  become  rector  of 
Ca  1  v a  ry  C  h  u  re h ,  Tarborough . 

The  Rev.  Edwin  H.  Green  has  accepted  the  rectorship  of 
St.  Barnabas's  Church,  Greensboro,  but  I  have  not  yet 
received  his  letters  dimissory  from  the  Bishop  of  Southern 
Virginia. 

The  Rev.  George  A.  Zellers,  of  the  Diocese  of  Central 
Pennsylvania,  has  since  the  first  of  the  current  year  been 
serving  very  acceptably  in  St.  Philip's  Church,  Durham, 
under  a  temporary  arrangement  which  I  made  with  the 
vestry  of  that  parish. 

William  Ashton  Thompson,  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Char- 
lotte, was  received  as  a  Candidate  for  Holy  Orders  April  22, 
1895.  Samuel  A.  B.  Trott,  a  colored  Candidate  for  Holy 
Orders,  who  had  for  some  years  been  doing  most  faithful 
and  laborious  service  as  a  teacher  and  catechist  in  Moore 
county,  departed  this  life  April  — ,  1894.  Otherwise  our 
list  of  candidates  remains  as  it  stood  last  year,  except  that 
several  have  been  ordained,  as  has  been  mentioned  here- 
tofore. 

Having  thus  completed  the  report  of  my  official  acts,  and 
given  the  statistical  information  required  by  our  general 
canon,  I  proceed,  as  briefly  as  I  can,  to  present  for  your 
consideration  some  matters  which  seem  to  me  especially 
deserving  of  your  careful  attention  and  vigorous  action. 

OUR    DIOCESAN    MISSIONARY    WORK. 

This  is  first  in  place  because  first  in  importance.  The 
whole  life  and  hope  of  the  Church  in  North  Carolina  are 
bound  up  in  this  work.  As  the  weak  and  seemingly  insig- 
nificant fibrous  roots  which  spread  away  furthest  from  the 
trunk  really  gather  the  nourishment  by  which   the  tree 

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lives,  so  shall  we  in  this  Diocese  grow  and  strengthen  just 
in  the  measure  that  we  push  our  mission  enterprises  beyond 
the  limits  of  our  larger  and  stronger  parishes. 

"With  our  limited  means  of  supporting  missionary  enter- 
prises in  this  Diocese  it  seems  to  me  that  we  should  care- 
fully lay  out  our  work,  and  use  our  limited  means  in  such 
a  way  as  to  develop  as  far  as  possible  additional  resources 
from  the  field  worked.  With  this  view  I  have  endeavored 
during  the  past  year  to  reorganize  the    missions    in    the 


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extreme  west.  I  have  placed  the  Rev.  Frederick  W.  Wey 
at  Waynesville  and  have  placed  under  his  charge  the  work 
in  Haywood,  Jackson  (except  Cashier's  Valley  and  vicinity), 
Swain  and  Cherokee,  requiring  each  congregation  served 
by  him  to  contribute  a  specific  sum,  agreed  upon  by  them- 
selves, towards  his  support.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Deal  being 
deprived  of  the  services  of  an  assistant  by  the  removal  of 
Mr.  Barker  to  Reidsville,  I  have  limited  him  to  the  work 
in  Macon  county  and  at  Cashier's  Valley.  Highlands  and 
Cashier's  Valley  are  very  inconveniently  situated  for  him, 
but  during  the  summer  season  it  is  hoped  that  he  may 
have  assistance  from  visiting  Clergy.  At  all  these  places 
the  work  is  hopeful,  and  at  Highlands  it  seems  specially 
important.  A  large  number  of  visitors  resort  to  it  during 
the  summer,  and  the  number  of  permanent  residents  is 
rapidly  increasing.  That  which  makes  this  afield  of  peculiar 
interest  and  importance,  however,  is  the  fact  that  there  has 
been  a  good  deal  of  activity  displayed  in  that  community 
by  the  Unitarians,  and  well-disposed  but  poorly  instructed 
persons  are  liable  to  be  drawn  away  from  their  faith  in 
Christ  by  this  influence.  I  was  very  happy  to  see  there 
last  summer  the  good  effects  of  Mr.  Deal's  labors,  not  only 
among  the  visitors,  but  among  the  people  of  the  country 
and  the  permanent  settlers  in  the  village.  He  is  striving 
most  earnestly  to  build  a  church  there,  in  which  I  bespeak 
for  him  the  good-will  and  co-operation  of  all  Christian 
people.  In  the  organization  of  the  mission  of  the  Church 
of  the  Incarnation  I  trust  we  have  made  a  beginning  which 
shall  soon  ripen  into  a  strong  and  influential  congregation. 
I  have  given  much  thought  and  labor  to  the  work  of  the 
Ravenscroft  Associate  Mission  and  Training  School.  Hav- 
ing lost  the  services  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Barrows,  I  last  July 
nominated  to  the  Board  of  Fellows  the  Rev.  Alfred  H. 
Stubbs,  who  was  thereupon  elected  Warden.  But  I  find 
that,  from  causes  useless  to  enumerate  in  this  place,  the 
endowment  of  this  institution,  which  a  few  years  ago  yielded 
a  thousand  dollars  annual  revenue  for  the  support  of  the 
work,  now  yields  practically  nothing.  I  have  had  the  use 
of  part  of  the  building  known  as  Shoenberger  Hall,  and 
for  an  income  only  what  I  could  get  out  of  the  scanty 
appropriations  of  our  Diocesan  and  Domestic  Boards.  I 
appointed  as  Associates  of  Ravenscroft  Mission  the  Revs. 


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Samuel  Rhodes  and  William  P.  Rice,  Deacons,  and  fche  Rev. 
Frederick  W.  Wey,  of  Waynesville,  Priest,  Mr.  Wey  lias 
special  charge  of  the  field  already  mentioned,  while  Mr. 
Rice  and  Mr.  Rhodes  act  under  Mr.  Stubbs's  more  immediate 
direction.  They  serve  the  various  chapels  in  Buncombe 
county  as  frequently  as  it  is  possible  for  them  to  do,  and  also 
keep  up  services  at  the  Hot  Springs,  at  Brevard  and  at  Row- 
man's  Bluff.  In  connection  with  these  places  I  have  endeav- 
ored to  apply  the  rule  spoken  of  above,  and  to  require  a  spe- 
cific sum  to  be  paid  by  each  congregation  towards  the  support 
of  the  services.  In  the  places  specified  above  this  effort 
has  been  met  with  a  just  appreciation  by  the  people,  but 
in  many  of  our  missions  throughout  this  region  it  seems 
never  to  have  been  required  of  the  members  of  the  Church 
in  the  several  congregations  to  assume  any  part  of  the 
responsibility  for  the  maintenance  of  the  ministrations  of 
the  Church.  It  is  a  question  whether  this  policy  does  not 
insure  the  continuance  of  a  condition  of  helplessness  and 
dependence  so  long  as  it  is  pursued. 

In  another  section  of  the  mountain  country  the  zeal  of 
a  few  of  our  good  women,  organizing  the  children  of  the 
Diocese  into  branches  of  the  Junior  Auxiliary,  has  enabled 
me  to  begin  what  I  trust  may  prove  a  most  important 
work.  Miss  Horner,  the  Diocesan  Secretary  of  the  Junior 
Auxiliary,  last  summer  proposed  to  become  responsible  for 
six  hundred  dollars  a  year  for  the  support  of  a  missionary 
in  Watauga  county.  I  at  once  availed  myself  of  this  offer 
by  engaging  the  Rev.  Milnor  Jones  to  proceed  to  Watauga, 
and  to  attempt  to  revive  the  old  Mission  of  Valle  Crucis. 
The  present  owner  of  the  property  has  offered  to  give  fifteen 
acres  of  land  including  the  site  of  the  old  mission,  and  in 
consideration  of  this  gift  I  have  undertaken  to  put  a  build- 
ing upon  the  property  to  be  used  for  the  purposes  of  our 
mission.  Mr.  Jones  entered  upon  this  work  last  Septem- 
ber and  has  been  most  faithfully  laboring  in  it  ever  since. 
He  extends  his  ministrations  into  Ashe  couuty  on  the  one 
side  and  into  Mitchell  on  the  other,  and  ministers  to  a  con- 
siderable number  of  Church  people  scattered  over  this 
extensive  field.  He  is  endeavoring  to  establish  schools  at 
several  points.  This  is  a  great  opportunity  for  useful  work 
throughout  this  section.  We  have  traditions  of  mission- 
ary enterprise  and  of  faithful  service  by  saintly  men  along 


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the  banks  of  the  beautiful  Watauga  and  in  the  sheltered 
coves  of  its  mountains,  which  forbid  us  to  forsake  this 
region.  I  most  earnestly  appeal  to  the  Churchmen  of  this 
Diocese  to  aid  me  in  sustaining  this  work.  I  need  five 
hundred  dollars  for  the  building  at  Valle  Crucis,  and  five 
hundred  dollars  for  the  schools  which  should  be  established 
in  different  parts  of  the  missionary  field. 

I  have  dwelt  more  at  length  upon  the  work  in  this  part 
of  the  Diocese  because  it  is  more  purely  missionary,  and 
because  the  necessities  of  this  part  of  the  work  will  come 
prominently  before  the  Convention  in  connection  with  the 
proposition  which  has  been  made  to  memorialize  the  Gen- 
eral Convention  in  favor  of  erecting  this  portion  of  the 
Diocese  into  a  Missionary  Jurisdiction.  Of  this  I  shall 
speak  presently.  I  pass  on  now  to  the  missionary  work  of 
the  Diocese  in  the  more  central  and  eastern  parts.  In  my 
judgment  it  is  in  pushing  our  missionary  efforts  among  the 
people  of  the  central  portion  of  the  State  that  we  have  the 
most  immediate  prospect  of  growth  and  development. 
Here  a  large  proportion  of  the  population  is  accessible  to 
us,  and  a  large  number  are  by  intelligence  and  education 
prepared  to  appreciate  those  features  of  our  public  worship 
which  distinguish  us  to  the  popular  mind  more  than  those 
principles  of  ecclesiastical  polity  which  are  the  basis  of  our 
organization.  Another  advantage  of  work  in  this  portion 
of  the  Diocese  is  found  in  the  greater  ability  of  the  people 
to  assist  in  the  support  of  the  missionary,  so  that  our  mis- 
sionary funds  will  go  much  further  in  supplying  ministers. 
A  fair  specimen  of  this  kind  of  missionary  work  is  found 
in  the  field  lying  along  the  Cape  Fear  &  Yadkin  Valley 
Railway,  where  the  several  small  missions  combined 
require  only  a  small  stipend  from  the  Missionary  Committee 
to  enable  them  to  maintain  a  minister,  and  where  on  all 
sides  are  most  promising  openings  for  aggressive  work. 

There  has  been  a  feeling  among  some  of  our  people  that 
we  ought  to  do  more  for  the  advancement  of  the  Church  in 
the  central  and  eastern  parts  of  the  Diocese.  An  examina- 
tion of  our  Journals  and  the  reports  which  they  contain 
will  show  that  for  years  past  much  the  greater  proportion 
of  our  efforts  have  been  expended  in  the  west.  At  the 
present  time  the  Convocation  of  Tarboro  receives  only  two 
hundred  dollars  a  year  of  our  missionary  funds,  domestic 


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and  diocesan,  while  few  parts  of  the  Diocese  offer  a  more 
promising  field  for  missionary  enterprise. 

I  do  not  mean  to  lay  down  any  policy  for  the  Conven- 
tion. I  ask  you,  my  brethren,  to  take  these  matters  into 
consideration,  and  to  inform  yourselves  as  to  the  facts  of  the 
case.  A  resolution  was  adopted  at  our  last  meeting  requir- 
ing the  missionaries  of  the  Diocese  to  make  statements  in 
the  Convention  of  their  work  and  its  promise  of  growth. 
It  seems  to  me  that  this  may  be  made  a  most  useful  feature 
of  our  meetings.  Whether  we  make  any  changes  in  our 
canons,  in  our  formal  methods  of  business  here,  or  of 
parochial  machinery,  is  of  small  moment,  if  we  do  not  pro- 
voke one  another  to  an  emulation  in  zeal  and  good  works. 
If,  by  looking  at  the  facts  before  us,  the  call  for  work,  and 
the  opportunity,  we  can  stir  up  ourselves  and  our  people  to 
new  diligence  and  enthusiasm  and  liberality,  we  shall  make 
any  method  and  any  machinery  serve  the  purpose  of  the 
living  Spirit  within  us. 

THE    CONVOCATIONS    IN    THEIR    RELATION    TO    MISSIONARY 

WORK. 

The  Convocations  of  the  Diocese  were  designed  to  be  a 
part  of  the  missionary  machinery  of  the  Diocese.  As  a 
matter  of  fact  they  have  usually  had  no  connection  with 
missionary  work.  As  a  consequence  they  have  usually 
amounted  to  nothing  in  the  practical  life  of  the  Church  and 
Diocese,  and  therefore  the  Clergy  and  Laity  have  taken  but- 
little  interest  in  them.  I  am  not  prepared  to  say  how  this 
state  of  things  is  to  be  changed,  but  I  am  persuaded  that 
these  local  organizations  might  do  a  great  deal  for  the  crea- 
tion of  a  more  earnest  missionary  spirit,  and  for  the  further- 
ance of  missionary  work.  The  canons  give  the  Bishop 
authority  to  call  the  Convocations  together  that  he  may  meet 
with  them  when  he  begins  a  visitation  in  the  Convocation. 
I  shall  avail  myself  of  this  power,  and  I  ask  all  the  Clergy 
to  be  ready  to  respond  to  this  call  when  it  comes  to  them, 
that  we  may  see  if  it  be  not  possible  to  make  our  Convoca- 
tions play  a  more  important  part  in  our  diocesan  life. 

THE    PROPOSED    MISSIONARY    JURISDICTION. 

Before  the  erection  of  the  Diocese  of  East  Carolina,  when 
the  difficulty  of  meeting  the  demands  of  the  Diocese  of 


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North  Carolina  for  episcopal  ministrations  was  becoming 
every  year  more  apparent,  it  was  a  favorite  plan  of  some  of 
our  best  men  to  ask  the  General  Convention  to  set  off  the 
western  portion  of  the  State  as  a  Missionary  Jurisdiction, 
whose  Bishop  and  missionaries  should  be  supported  by  our 
Board  of  Domestic  Missions.  A  great  obstacle  in  the  path 
at  that  time  was  that  there  was  no  constitutional  authority 
for  such  action;  and  though  the  necessities  of  the  situation 
in  the  case  of  the  immense  States  of  Texas  and  California 
had  led  the  General  Convention,  as  it  were  against  its  own 
judgment,  to  adopt  that  method  in  those  particular  cases, 
yet  the  mind  and  conscience  of  the  Church  had  not  become 
entirely  reconciled  to  that  action;  and  I  believe  that  our 
own  wise  and  saintly  Bishop  was  strongly  opposed  to  it. 
Since  that  time,  however,  there  has  been  quite  a  change  in 
the  mind  of  the  Church  upon  this  question,  and  it  is  almost 
certain  that  the  current  year  will  see  the  final  adoption  of 
an  amendment  to  the  Constitution  of  our  General  Conven- 
tion expressly  authorizing  this  method  of  providing  for  the 
necessities  of  our  missionary  field. 

If,  therefore,  we  can  present  a  case  which  will  demand 
this  form  of  relief,  doubtless  the  General  Convention  will 
have  no  difficulty  in  granting  our  petition,  should  the 
resources  of  our  missionary  treasury  prove  adequate  to  this 
demand. 

I  shall  not  in  this  place  undertake  to  give  the  arguments 
for  and  against  the  proposal.  It  does  seem  to  me  that  if 
our  general  authorities  can  be  persuaded  to  undertake  the 
burden  of  this  work,  and  to  support  a  Bishop  and  mission- 
aries in  this  mountain  region  of  our  State,  it  will  not  onlv 
be  a  relief  to  this  Diocese  and  allow  us  to  give  ourselves 
more  effectively  to  the  development  of  the  work  in  our 
smaller  territonr,  but  it  will  give  a  wonderful  impetus  to 
the  growth  and  development  of  the  Church  in  the  region 
set  off.  I  believe  an  inspection  of  my  journal  for  the  past 
year  will  show  that  I  have  given  as  great  a  part  of  my  time 
to  the  work  of  visitation  as  is  practicable,  and  yet  I  have 
been  able  to  give  to  all  that  great  territory,  embracing  thou- 
sands of  square  miles  and  nearly  thirty  counties,  only 
about  nine  weeks.  No  argument  is  necessary  to  show  that 
the  work  to  be  clone  demands  more  time  than  this,  and  yet 
there  is  no  reasonable  prospect  of  any  Bishop  of  the  Dio- 


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cese  of  North  Carolina,  as  at  present  constituted,  being  able 
to  give,  one  year  with  another,  more  than  this  proportion  of 
his  time  to  that  part  of  the  Diocese.  Much,  therefore,  as 
we  should  all  regret  the  separation  from  our  friends  and 
brethren,  we  must  see  that  the  interests  of  God's  Kingdom 
demand  this,  if  the  Church  is  prepared  to  undertake  the 
work. 

As  the  Church  has  seen  fit  to  give  the  Bishop  very  great 
control  over  this  matter,  I  have  thought  it  right  that  I 
should  suggest  to  the  committee  having  this  matter  in  hand 
a  line  by  which  the  proposed  Jurisdiction  should  be  set  off 
from  the  Diocese.  In  doing  this  I  have  felt  that  I  should  not 
consult  my  own  feelings,  but  should  be  willing  to  set  off  suffi- 
cient territory  to  give  the  Jurisdiction  some  strength  and 
importance  at  the  beginning,  and  also  to  afford  a  prospect 
of  organizing  as  a  Diocese  at  no  very  distant  day.  With 
this  view  I  have  suggested  for  their  consideration  the  east- 
ernmost line  (speaking  generally)  of  the  counties  of  Alle- 
ghany, Wilkes,  and  Alexander,  from  the  Virginia  line  as 
far  as  the  Catawba  river,  and  then  following  that  river 
to  the  South  Carolina  line ;  all  west  of  this  to  constitute  the 
Missionary  Jurisdiction  of  Asheville.  This  is,  of  course, 
suggested  only  as  a  basis  for  calculation  and  for  the  discus- 
sion of  the  question,  and  is  subject  in  all  respects  to  the 
action  of  this  Convention.  The  necessary  data  in  the  way 
of  statistics  of  the  region  proposed  to  be  set  off,  as  also  of 
the  remaining  portion  of  the  Diocese,  with  all  other  facts 
necessary  to  a  proper  understanding  and  an  intelligent  dis- 
cussion of  the  question  by  the  Convention,  will  more  prop- 
erly come  before  you  in  the  report  of  the  committee 
appointed  last  year. 


Our  charitable  and  educational  institutions  during-  the 
past  year  have  not  varied  from  their  usual  routine.  Ravens- 
croft  Associate  Mission  has  already  been  spoken  of.  It  is 
at  present  without  any  students,  there  being  no  means  at 
m}r  command  for  their  support.  The  Ravenscroft  School  for 
boys  has  been  carried  on  with  some  success  as  a  day-school 
since  Mr.  McDonald's  departure  last  fall.  As  the  Warden 
of  Ravenscroft  and  his  only  associate,  who  lodged  in  Shoen- 
berger  Hall,  occupied  only  a  small  portion  of  the  build- 

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ing,  and  as  the  defective  construction  and  poor  materials 
used  already  demanded  repairs,  I  thought  it  wise  to  acqui- 
esce in  the  judgment  of  the  local  Fellows,  and  to  rent  the  hall 
as  a  private  residence,  reserving  the  library  and  sufficient 
accommodation  for  the  Warden  and  his  Deacon  associate. 
By  this  means  needed  repairs  have  been  made  in  the  build- 
ing, and  it  has  been  connected  with  the  city  water  and  sew- 
age S}^stems. 

In  this  connection  I  would  call  the  attention  of  our 
Clergy  and  people  to  Dr.  Murdoch's  school  for  boys  at 
Salisbury.  That  is  as  yet  only  a  day-school,  but  a  little 
co-operation  with  him  might  develop  it  into  the  so  much 
needed  economical  boarding  school  for  boys. 

Our  institution  for  colored  youth,  St.  Augustine's  School, 
Raleigh,  continues  its  good  work.  Though  without  many 
advantages  possessed  by  some  other  similar  institutions,  it  is  a 
cause  of  great  gratification  to  know  that  its  work  so  approves 
itself  in  the  character  and  influence  of  those  whom  it  has 
trained.  I  have  been  very  proud  to  point  out  to  our 
Bishops,  when  they  have  inquired  of  me,  the  noble  record 
made  by  our  colored  Clergy  who  are  its  alumni.  I  believe 
they  are  to-day  the  most  faithful,  unassuming,  upright,  and 
effective  men  to  be  found  among  our  colored  Clergy,  whether 
in  this  Diocese  or  elsewhere.  When  I  have  made  this  claim 
for  them  it  has  never  been  disputed.  I  have  been  able  to 
effect  an  important  arrangement  for  the  benefit  of  St. 
Augustine's  with  our  Colored  Commission,  whereby  it  has 
been  recognized  as  the  school  recommended  by  the  Com- 
mission for  the  preliminary  training  of  young  colored  men 
who  desire  to  enter  upon  the  study  of  theology ;  and  they 
have,  to  aid  us  in  this  work,  made  us  a  special  grant  of 
one  thousand  dollars,  which  we  have  reason  to  hope  will  be 
continued  as  an  annual  appropriation. 

In  connection  with  our  diocesan  schools  I  cannot  omit 
to  ask  your  attention  to  the  claims  of  the  University  of  the 
South  upon  us.  I  know  not  what  to  say  of  it  more  than  I 
have  already  urged  time  and  again,  but  I  am  satisfied  that 
we  are  neglecting  a  very  great  means  of  building  up  the 
Church  in  North  Carolina  when  we  fail  to  draw  as  close  as 
possible  the  bonds  of  sympathy  and  of  active  co-operation 
which  should  unite  us  with  that  noble  enterprise. 


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The  managers  of  the  Thompson  Orphanage  will  in  their 

report  to  this  Convention  set  forth  its  work  and  its  necessi- 
ties. I  will  only  say  that  it  continues  its  course  of  useful 
beneficence  under  the  wise  and  generous  administration  of 
its  admirable  Superintendent.  May  I  be  permitted  to  add, 
though  personalities  should  have  but  little  place  in  such 
an  address,  that  the  Orphanage  has  suffered  a  sad  loss  in 
the  death  of  the  late  Baxter  H.  Moore,  one  of  the  Board  of 
Managers.  Within  a  few  days  past  I  have  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  consecrating  the  chapel  of  the  Orphanage  by  the 
name  of  "The  Memorial  Chapel  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin," 
erected  for  the  Orphanage  by  the  liberality  of  the  Hon. 
William  P.  Bynum.  I  mention  this,  though  it  will  be 
included  in  my  next  annual  address,  having  taken  place 
May  1st. 

Looking  over  the  whole  field  committed  to  us,  I  cannot 
refuse  to  see  many  signs  of  hope  and  of  progress.  Most  of 
our  strong  parishes  are  growing  daily  stronger,  and  many 
of  them  are  becoming  as  never  before  centres  of  all  kinds 
of  Christian  activity.  Much  of  this  activity  at  present 
takes  the  form  of  the  work  of  the  Brotherhood  of  St.  An- 
drew, or  of  the  Daughters  of  the  King;  but  these  organi- 
zations are  no  ways  outside  or  beside  the  line  of  Church 
work.  They  are  but  the  present  form  in  which  the  life  and 
hope  of  the  Church  are  manifested.  And  the  same  promise 
of  growth  and  power  is  equally  to  be  seen  in  almost  every 
missionary  field  where  we  are  at  all  coming  up  to  the 
measure  of  the  responsibility  laid  upon  us.  The  great  dif- 
ficulty is  the  difficulty  of  finding  men  to  do  the  work.  And 
this  is  not  because  of  a  scarcity  of  men ;  it  is  because  men 
are  not  willing  to  take  the  work  at  the  price  of  the  hard- 
ship and  uncertainty  that  they  must  face.  Many  of  our 
smaller  parishes  and  missions,  even  where  they  are  com- 
bined in  such  a  way  as  to  give  a  man  as  much  work  as  he 
can  possibly  attend  to,  are  able  to  raise,  with  aid  from  the 
missionary  funds,  not  more  than  five  or  six  hundred  dol- 
lars, with,  or  sometimes  without,  a  house.  Xow  many  of 
the  ablest  and  noblest  of  our  Clergy  know  by  experience 
that  a  man  and  his  wife,  and  possibly  a  baby  or  two,  can 
live  on  this  small  salary-  But  manv  men  do  not  believe 
this,  and  have  no  inclination  to  make  the  trial.  I  do  not 
mean  to  blame  them.     It  is  not  for  me  to  judge  and  to 


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condemn.  But  I  say  that  such  are  the  facts  of  the  situation. 
We  need  at  this  moment  men  of  piety,  zeal,  and  ability, 
who  are  willing  to  give  themselves  to  the  work  of  God  and 
to  endure  hardships  that  they  may  do  the  work.  Thank 
God  we  already  have  such — the  Diocese  of  North  Carolina 
would  be  in  a  sad  state  if  we  had  not! — but  we  want  more 
of  the  same  kind. 

I  will  go  a  step  further  and  say  that  we  need  men 
who  are  willing  to  work  without  money  and  without 
price.  AVe  shall  never  be  able  to  do  the  missionary  and 
educational  and  charitable  work  of  the  Church  until  men 
shall  again  bum  with  the  love  which  is  willing  to  give  up 
everything  for  Christ  and  His  Church.  Clergymen  who 
have  families  dependent  on  them  must  have  a  support  for 
their  families,  but  if  single  men  when  they  enter  the  min- 
istry were  willing  to  give  themselves  up  for  two  or  three 
years  for  missionary  work,  receiving  only  their  food  and 
clothing,  before  entering  upon  ordinary  parochial  work, 
what  a  power  for  aggressive  work  would  they  thereby  put 
into  the  hands  of  the  Bishop !  I  may  be  hoping  for  too 
much,  but  I  shall  not  cease  to  hope  for  this,  and  I  now  set 
it  before  the  Clergy  and  Laity  of  North  Carolina  as  one  of 
the  things  which  our  work  needs.  There  are  those  among 
us  who  have  declared  their  purpose  of  devoting  themselves 
to  the  Holy  Ministry ;  there  may  be  others  whose  heart  God 
is  now  moving.  I  say  to  all  such  and  to  all  others,  that 
when  they  come,  unburdened  by  domestic  obligations,  to 
serve  as  God's  messengers,  I  shall  hope  to  see  them  give 
at  least  the  first  years  of  their  ministry,  without  price,  and 
to  find  them  willing  to  prepare  for  the  responsibilities  of 
the  Priesthood  by  enduring  hardship  as  good  soldiers. 
With  such  material  we  might  then  make  our  associate 
missions  a  reality,  and  have  a  force  at  hand  for  missionary 
work  wdierever  they  might  be  most  needed. 

I  would  venture  to  ask  the  Clergy  to  be  a  little  more 
careful  of  the  canons  of  the  Diocese  in  what  may  seem 
the  routine  of  their  work.  I  referred  last  year  to  the 
carelessness  with  which  many  of  our  parish  Registers 
are  kept.  I  must  now  call  your  attention  to  the  very  com- 
mon neglect  of  some  of  our  canons.  The  parochial  re- 
ports show  that  a  large  number  of  the  Clergy  fail  to  comply 
with  the  canons  requiring  certain  offerings  to  be  taken  in 


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their  churches.  It  is  quite  possible  that  some  of  them  have 
neglected  to  put  into  operation  the  system  of  offerings  for 
Diocesan  Missions  enacted  into  a  canon  by  our  last  Con- 
vention. Certainly  no  small  number  perform  the  duty  of 
reporting  their  official  action  to  the  Bishop  in  such  a  way 
that  the  Bishop  is  at  a  very  great  loss  to  understand  the 
reports.  Having  mentioned  these  things  I  hardly  know 
what  else  to  say  about  them.  We  have  all  of  us  taken  a 
solemn  oath  before  God  and  the  Church  to  obey  the  canons. 
The  ministry  which  we  exercise  we  received  conditioned 
by  that  promise.  I  feel  that  it  is  my  duty  to  require  from 
both  Clergy  and  Laity  an  honest  obedience  to  the  laws  of 
the  Church.  I  am  entitled  to  the  co-operation  and  assist- 
ance of  every  one  of  you  in  this  matter.  I  hereby  appeal 
to  each  one  of  you  and  require  your  help  in  this  business 
to  the  extent  of  seeing  that  from  this  time  each  one  does 
his  part  herein.  In  connection  with  my  visitations  I  shall 
hereafter  endeavor  to  look  into  all  such  matters.  I  trust 
I  shall  find  a  ready  co-operation  on  all  hands  in  endeav- 
oring to  bring  up  all  our  parishes  to  the  full  measure  of 
their  duty.  If  there  be  useless  or  vexatious  requirements 
in  our  canon  law  let  such  be  abolished,  but  let  us  all  join 
heartily  in  the  performance  of  all  duties  laid  upon  us. 

Our  Missionary  Clergy  I  would  remind  that  I  issued 
some  months  ago  a  circular-letter  to  them  laying  down  cer- 
tain methods  of  work  and  a  certain  scheme  of  offerings. 
I  am  willing  to  make  any  modifications  in  this  which  may 
be  shown  to  be  desirable,  but  I  must  ask  them  to  observe 
the  method  therein  recommended,  except  so  far  as  I  may 
modifv  or  change  it. 

Since  November  1,  1894,  I  have  made  my  residence  in 
Raleigh  in  the  Episcopal  Residence  provided  by  the  liber- 
ality and,  I  think,  wisdom  of  the  Diocese.  Being  in  Ral- 
eigh, I  have  accepted  the  offer  made  me  by  the  rector, 
wardens  and  vestry  of  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd 
in  that  city  to  make  use  of  their  parish  church  as  my 
Cathedral.  So  far  the  arrangement  is  but  little  more  than 
nominal,  as  there  are  no  means  at  my  command  to  carry 
on  any  of  those  practical  works  which  should  make  the 
Bishop's  Church  the  centre  of  diocesan  activities.  In 
time,  however,  we  may  be  able  to  develop  this  part  of  the 
work. 


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As  gratifying  evidences  of  the  pious  liberality  of  some 
of  our  people,  I  may  mention  that  the  late  Mrs.  Mary  S. 
Speight,  of  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  besides  generous  lega- 
cies to  the  two  parishes  in  Raleigh,  gave  by  her  last  will 
and  testament  one  thousand  dollars  to  the  missionary  work 
of  the  Diocese;  and  within  the  past  few  days  I  have 
received  from  one  who,  as  he  is  living,  I  shall  not  take  the 
liberty  of  naming,  a  deed  for  a  lot  in  the  suburbs  of  one 
of  our  most  important  cities,  upon  which  he  is  erecting  a 
beautiful  chapel,  to  be  the  centre  of  missionary  work  in 
its  vicinity. 

Fearing  to  take  up  too  much  of  the  time  of  the  Conven- 
tion, I  close  this  my  second  annual  address  with  the  earnest 
prayer  that  He,  who  is  able  to  do  abundantly  above  all 
that  we  ask  or  think,  according  to  the  power  that  worketh 
in  us,  may,  by  His  H0I37  Spirit,  guide  us  into  all  truth, 
and  enable  us  to  show  forth  His  glory  by  accomplishing 
His  work  and  thus  hastening  the  coming  of  His  Kingdom. 

Jos.  Blount  Cheshire,  Jr. 


